Venture Capital

Network As A Service: A Carrier’s Differentiator

I briefly interrupt my slumber to highlight an announcement from yesterday. Over the years our attention has shifted away from the carriers/operators.  We only remember them to complain about them or to comment on AT & T’s iPhone exclusivity.   Shiny devices from iPhone to Nexus One to RIM’s devices have made our eyes sparkle.   [...]

May 8, 2010 Read the full article →

Commentary on Google’s Acquisition of AdMob

As you can probably tell I have been away.  But before I get to the summary of the Mobile Money Conference (in the next post) I want to get this out of the way to avoid any distractions.  What can be better than my opinion on Google’s acquisition of AdMob?  Well … the opinion of [...]

November 13, 2009 Read the full article →

Venture Capital Investment Climbs in Q3 2009 (in Mobile Too)

If you found our popular and not so old post on Silicon Valley investments into the mobile industry interesting you will probably find the information released at ChubbyBrain yesterday both interesting and encouraging… And now it’s official: with ChubbyBrain’s latest numbers tallied, we can announce that money flowing from venture capital investors to entrepreneurs increased [...]

October 14, 2009 Read the full article →

Investment in the Silicon Valley Mobile Industry

Mobile Monday Silicon Valley examined investment trends (venture capital funding and acquisitions) in the mobile industry covering 166 companies headquartered in Silicon Valley and San Francisco over a period of 19 years with an emphasis on the past decade. What can we learn from it?  There is money in mobile!  Okay, so you already knew [...]

August 29, 2009 Read the full article →